
Don’t let any of a weapon’s zombie-hitting power go to waste by pressing the repair button (triangle on the PS4) before the game literally tells you: this weapon is broken, fix it. This time around, each weapon comes with a specific number of “repairs” allotted to it, meaning that you’re only able to fix it back up once its broken a handful of times. Weapon durability in Dying Light works a little differently than it did in Dead Island. Don’t Repair Weapons Until You Absolutely Have To But you should also ask yourself how good a chance you have of successfully capturing it before picking a fight with some angry monsters. You should check out any unclaimed outpost that pops up on your mini-map with a bright red house-shaped icon. Capturing one normally involves fighting your way through a tough set of zombies, though. These are all very useful assets to have in a particular section of Harran, so the more outposts you have, the better. Whenever you capture one, you get a new spot on the map that you can escape to, rest in, and spawn into if you die. Safe houses are basically smaller versions of the friendly outposts from Far Cry 4. Melee combat is very much the core of this game, so make improving your skills and equipment in that category a much higher priority than firearm proficiency. Ammo is extremely scarce, and the noise alone makes the risk of using them outweigh any possible reward the vast majority of the time. And once you do, they’re really not all that useful. Getting a gun of your own takes a long time. You may even run into bandits outside who attack you with them. You’ll see NPCs with guns very early on in Dying Light. I’ve waited until night to clear out tough interior areas of quest-lines, for instance. This makes for some good opportunities to take out monsters who’ve been giving you trouble during the day, but only - and this is key - if you can do so without attracting the night-time super-zombies. Secondly, Crane’s attack strength and movement speed both double at night. And if you make it through a whole night outside, your survival skills will get an even larger boost. Running away from super-zombies is one of the quickest ways to level up Crane’s agility skills - as long as you make it back to a safehouse in one piece at the end of a chase. First and foremost, just travelling around outside at night is a great way to gain experience. It might feel like you’re helpless and terrified once the sun sets, but you actually have a few things going for you.
